Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
— F. A. Porsche
Z článku v The New York Times vychytal Daring Fireball.
„Never dismiss a good idea because of poor execution.”
Myslím, že už jsem na stručnou verzi přikázání Dietera Ramse odkazoval tady je hezky rozepsaná verze.
Shouldn’t copying something be easier than creating it? Someone else already did the work, right? The problem is that the work on the original is invisible. The copier doesn’t know why it looks the way it looks or feels the way it feels or reads the way it reads. The copied interface is a faux finish.
Zdroj Signal vs. Noise
„The quality of any collaborative creative endeavor tends to approach the level of taste of whoever has final cut”
Zdroj Macworld
„People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”
Zdroj Marketing Nirvana
„The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.“
Via @gruber
